Stock-watering apparatus.



No. 838,961. PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906. E. A. DIEHL.

STOCK WATERING APPARATUS.

APILIOATIOH FILED l-EB- 16. 1906'.

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EPHRAIM A. DIEHL, OF UNlON CITY, iNDlANA.

STQCK WATERlNG APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

A fli ation fil d February 16, 1906. Serial No, 801,395.

To ctZZ whmn it Indy concern:

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM A. DIEHL, a citizen of the United States,resieing at Union City, in the county of Randolph and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-VJateringApparatus, of which the following is a specifloation.

My invention relates to improvements in stock-watering apparatus, andrefers to that class of stock-fountains in which the water isautomatically admitted to the trough as fast as it is consumed.

The main object of the invention is the provision of a device of thecharacter stated which will automatically keep the water in the troughat the proper level regardless of the amount of water in thesupply-tank.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a watering apparatuswhich may be readily applied to any ordinary tank and which will bepractical and effective in operation.

iVith these and other objects in view my invention consists in thecombination, with a watering-trough and a float in said trough, of atank in communication with the trough, a float in the tank supporting aflexible pipe normally above the water-line therein, and connectionsbetween the floats, whereby as the water is lowered in the trough themouth of the pipe is lowered beneath the water.

My invention "further consists of a stockwatering apparatus comprisingcertain other novel features of construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

The drawing is a vertical sectional view of the complete apparatus withsome of the parts shown in elevation.

The numeral 1 designates the main or supply tank, which is in connectionwith a suitable source of water-supply. Within the tank is arranged thepair of spaced floats 2, connected by the truss-bars 8. Between the saidbars is rotatably mounted the pulley or drum 4, and passing over thepulley-is a suitable chain, cable, or cord 5. One end of the chain isswiveled to the bail 6, which in turn is connected to the funnel-shapedmouth 7 of the flexible pipe or hose 8. A collar 9 is mounted near thebase of the tank, which forms an outlet, and to the collar is securedthe lower end of the flexible pipe, A flanged connecting-pipe 10 issecured to the tank in alinement with the opening therein and has afunnel-shaped mouth 11, which projects within the float-compartment ofthe watering-trough. This wateringtrough consists of the trough proper,12, and the floatcompartment 13, separated by a bulkhead or partitionlet, provided with openings therein. Brackets 16 are mounted on thebottom of the compartment, between which is secured the pulley 17,adjacent the mouth of the con necting-pipe. A float 18 is arranged inthe compartment and is centrally connected, by means of the wires 19 orother suitable means, with the lower end of the chain. The chain passesdownward under the pulley, through the connecting-pipe and flexibletube, over the pulley on the tank-float, and is connected to the upperend of the tube, as before described.

The float-compartment is of greater height than the rest of the trough,so as to permit free play of the float therein, and is provided with ahinged cover 20 to allow ready inspection of the parts. Thus it will beunderstood that the level of the water in the compartment is the same asin the trough, and as the water in the trough is consumed the float islowered. This movement slackens the chain and allows the mouth of theflexible pipe to fall beneath the water. The water then flows down thepipe until the original waterlevel is restored in the trough, and thefloat raises the pipe, and thereby shuts off the flow.

The pulleys and other fittings may be of zinc or other non-corrosivematerial, as well as the floats, or the floats may be of wood or cork.

My invention may be applied to a great many uses, as stock of all kindsmay be watered by providing troughs of different shapes and sizes or byfeeding smaller troughs from one large trough.

From this description, taken in connection with the drawing, it will bereadily seen that I have accomplished all the objects herein set forthand have provided a useful and valuable invention.

1 claim 1. In a stock-watering apparatus, the combination with a troughand a float therein, of a supply-tank in connection with the trough, afloat in the tank supporting a flexible outlet-pipe, and connectionsbetween the floats adapted to raise and lower the pipe.

2. In a stock-watering apparatus, the combination with a trough and afloat therein, a tank in connection with the trough, a

float in the tank adjustably supporting a flexible outlet-pipe, andconnections between the floats to raise and lower the pipe.

3. In a stock-watering apparatus, the combination with a trough having afloatcompartment and a float therein, of a sup plytank in connectionwith the compartment, a float in the tank adjustably supporting aflexible outlet-pipe, and connections passing through the pipe fromfloat to the terminus of the pipe.

4. The combination with a wateringtrough having a float-compartment anda float therein, a tank in communication with the comp artment, a pairof floats in the tank and a pulley mounted between the floats, aflexible pipe forming the outlet to the tank, and flexible connectionsecured to the upper end of the pipe passing over the pulley and throughthe pipe and secured to the float in the compartment.

5 The combination with a trough having a compartment and a floattherein, a pulley mounted on the bottom of the compartment, asupply-tank and a connecting-pipe between the tank and compartment, aflexible pipe secured to the outlet in the tank, of a pair of floatsSUPPOIlJillg a pulley, and a flexible con nection secured to the end ofthe flexible pipe, passing over the pulley and down the pipe and securedto the float in the compartment.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EPHRAIM A. DIEHL. Witnesses GEO, WELLs SMITH, HosEA T. GIST.

